Again, we are using your terms, which seem to not distinguish between want and choice.
Tom wanted to be back, ON HIS TERMS AND CONDITIONS, which you agree were something like 2/50, and the Patriots chose not to offer that.
As I wrote earlier and you chose not to respond, suppose we did give him 2/50, where are we now?????
As I wrote earlier, my guess is that he's retired and working for Fox, and we've just tried to get a rookie QB in a bad draft class with bad draft position, and we're facing the kinds of cap hits Tampa faces when Tom retires there.
CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES!